The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge slowed sharply last month, an encouraging sign in the central bank’s yearlong effort to cool price pressures through steadily higher interest rates. This morning’s report from the Commerce Department shows consumer prices rose 0.3% from January to February, down from a 0.6% increase from December to January. Measured year
A key inflation gauge slowed sharply in February
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